Penn State student Timothy Piazza was injured falling down stairs after taking part in "The Gauntlet," which was part of the initiation process at Beta Theta Pi fraternity.

"The Gauntlet" was a series of drinking stations where pledges had to consume various kinds of alcohol very quickly.

First, the pledges were told to collectively finish a bottle of vodka.

Once that was complete, the pledges were lined up outside the fraternity house. Each pledge entered the house, then did a shot of vodka, then ran down a hallway to shotgun a beer. One fraternity brother explained "shotgunning" a beer involves poking a hole in the side to drink from, and opening the top of the beer to make it easier to drink fast.

From there, the pledges had to drink from a wine bag while fraternity brothers poured beer on them.